Unable to Change Home Page (Home Search Assistant Problem)

**hotmale** · July 16th, 2004, 21:06 PM

Pardon me! I made a mistake; neither Ad-aware nor Spybot can remove this type of spyware. You must install HSRemove (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4286.html) instead.

**finocero** · August 10th, 2004, 15:57 PM

hello...i'm gladly wanna tell u that just now i was able to fix the problem like we together faced. actually after few days, i eventually found the key of the problem. try this: go to task manager, select the processes tab bar, find winlgn.exe. after that, stop that process. then open the registry editor window (run->regedit) and find key "your-searcher". after u find the string at "start page" key (start page: dword value: http://your-searcher.com/index.htm), delete that entire key. then restart ur computer. it sholud be working then... thank you....

**marqurite** · November 11th, 2004, 05:42 AM

Please Help! I have no idea of how to do things when it comes to Computers, I have the same problem that you all are having with those three stuborn programs. . . if anyone could help me out? I read what finocero posted back in Aug. 2004, and it sounds like it could work but really have no idea how to go about it. Anyone think they can help please!!

**egghead** · November 11th, 2004, 07:52 AM

here is the home search removal tool,
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4286.html

important steps to getting this tool to work properly:

1: Boot into safe mode by tapping the f8 key as your computer boots. You should do this before you see the Windows splash screen.

2: Also, make sure you can see hidden files; Open My Computer and choose Tools, then click on Folder Options, click on the View tab and under Advanced Setting, choose Show Hidden Files and Folders, then click on OK and close My Computer.

3: Right-click on My Computer, Choose Manage, Double-click on Services and Applications, Click on Services. In the righthand column find "Network Security Service", and double-click on it. (In Safe Mode this may already be stopped) Choose Stop and then write down the name and path of the file in the "Path to Executable" section. Set the Startup Type to Disabled. Click Ok. Close the Computer Management window

Limitations: When finished, you will get a web page saying it worked as your home page. This is normal. You will need to reset your home page manually via tools, internet options. We have run the tool, it is spyware free and appears to not cause any problems. That said, you should have your computer backed up when installing any third party applications.